A picture a day....biker banter (Vol 4)

[Andybow]

Not the easiest bike to clean! This was day 3 , now after 10 days it looks fking terrible

[Andybow]

If anyone is going to the alps soon, make sure you do the col du izoard from north to south, the re surfaced it, its smooth as silk all the way to the top

[Andybow]

https://youtu.be/AYid-eKP3N0
If you've got bugger all to do and want to be bored!

[Tall_Paul]

Andybow said:

Hey mate, had a brilliant trip, we went Vosges, Dura, alps, down to St tropez and back up via Mont ventoux, ardeche, Auvergne and Normandy
Did loads of cols, Columbier, cornet du rose land, Iseran, cenis, Izoard, cayolle, gorge du dalius , Verdon, route napolean, col du vence etc
The bike was fantastic, comfy, handled everything very well, luggage was actually well sorted as I've got a small rack on the back, fuel wasn't a problem, honestly I can't think of anything I would change, maybe a bigger tank would be better but it didn't really bother me. Oh, a drinks holder!!!! I think I needed more fluid than the bike as it was so hot!

Get a Camelbak. It'll have space for a few little bits and the 2l of water on your back is hardly noticable. I'm guilty of not stopping or taking on enough water when touring, but the camelbak lets you take a drink when riding or stopped at lights/junctions etc.

[2wheelsjimmy]

Seconded in a camekbak, it might even fit in a tank bag. 1l is enough. You'll ofgen find mountain taps that you can fill from.

Near izoard a good loop is briancon to Montgenevre to cesena down to Susa and back. Too route, lots of switchbacks and some fast sweepers.

[Birky_41]

Andybow said:

https://youtu.be/AYid-eKP3N0
If you've got bugger all to do and want to be bored!

Looks like a great trip! I'm planning one similar next year

[jamiebae]

Andybow said:

If anyone is going to the alps soon, make sure you do the col du izoard from north to south, the re surfaced it, its smooth as silk all the way to the top

I'm doing it in a few weeks, on a bicycle. It's on the Tour de France route this year and that tends to spur them into a bit of long overdue resurfacing.

[Gunk]

My £550 CBR600 passed its MOT today, no advisories

Edited by Gunk on Saturday 1st July 08:09

[Andybow]

jamiebae said:

I'm doing it in a few weeks, on a bicycle. It's on the Tour de France route this year and that tends to spur them into a bit of long overdue resurfacing.

We went to loads of places where the Tour is going through, you can tell immediately as new tarmac, Loads of flowers and freshly cut grass, and everything has been painted!

[sjtscott]

Gunk said:

My £550 CBR600 passed its MOT today, no advisories

Nice
What year is it? 1996/7?
I almost bought one of these new but then Kawasaki offered me capped Fcomp insurance of £275 and 0% on a brand new ZX6R

I ended up eventually owning the last proper CBR600F a 2003 Fi model import from Germany bought off a mate in 2006.

[Gunk]

sjtscott said:

Nice
What year is it? 1996/7?
I almost bought one of these new but then Kawasaki offered me capped Fcomp insurance of £275 and 0% on a brand new ZX6R

I ended up eventually owning the last proper CBR600F a 2003 Fi model import from Germany bought off a mate in 2006.

It's an early 1995 model

[Max5476]

I've not been out on the bike this week, as it's waiting for its first service, booked in next week, and its been raining. I did tidy up the mirror mounts with the bar end mirrors fitted and fit some pimp red paddock stand bobbins while waiting.

[podman]

Gunk said:

My £550 CBR600 passed its MOT today, no advisories

You cant argue with that kind of VFM...

[podman]

Max5476 said:

I've not been out on the bike this week, as it's waiting for its first service, booked in next week, and its been raining. I did tidy up the mirror mounts with the bar end mirrors fitted and fit some pimp red paddock stand bobbins while waiting.

Nice...did the bar end kit come with a replacement bar clamp to get rid of the ugly threaded part for the OE mirror?

[Gunk]

The Blade was £700!



Didn't quite look like this when I bought it though.

[rigga]

Had some recent fuel starvation issues, which the first time it happened I thought it was going to nip up on me, turns out it was a non Gen fuel cap not venting properly, thought I'd fit some clear float bowls, so in future if anything else happens, I can look down and check that at least is not the issue.

[LiamB]

Gunk said:

My £550 CBR600 passed its MOT today, no advisories

Nicely done, looks lovely

This is also

rigga said:

Edited by LiamB on Wednesday 28th June 22:16

[sjtscott]

Gunk said:

It's an early 1995 model

Wasn't far off

[garylythgoe]

Max5476 said:

I've not been out on the bike this week, as it's waiting for its first service, booked in next week, and its been raining. I did tidy up the mirror mounts with the bar end mirrors fitted and fit some pimp red paddock stand bobbins while waiting.

Hey dude where did you get those handlebar clamps from?

[Max5476]

podman said:

Nice...did the bar end kit come with a replacement bar clamp to get rid of the ugly threaded part for the OE mirror?

Unfortunately not, the kit only comes with a bung to fill the thread left by the mirror.

garylythgoe said:

Hey dude where did you get those handlebar clamps from?

I went through the Triumph spares catalogue to find them. Part numbers are T2046510 for the clutch side, and T2024826 for the brake side, they are the parts from a speed triple, which comes with bar end mirrors as standard. The street triple RS has slightly different colour clamps.